73rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 73rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry regiment which was active from July 1861 to 29 June 1865 during the American Civil War. It was a zouave regiment and was nicknamed the "Excelsior Zouaves" and the "Second Fire Zouaves". The regiment fought at the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Battle of Appomattox Court House before disbanding in 1865 after the war's conclusion.